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It would be nice if our head coach had a knew who his most talented players were. You wouldn’t think it would be a problem, but, for Wojo - it has been. You’d also think he’d realize as a former player that you can’t yank guys in and out of games/lineup and expect any kind of consistent performance. Let’s see:Derrick Wilson 33 minutes per game with Matt Carlino, Duane Wilson and John Dawson on the roster. Genius. Starting Sandy Cohen over Deonte Burton and playing Deonte an average of 16 minutes coming off his Big East All Freshman year. Brilliant!Trying to shove Haanif Cheatham into a PG role with a pure point Traci Carter on the roster. Shrewd!Playing JJJ 56 and 60% of available minutes as a junior and senior. Smart!And here we are 5.5 years later still searching for our first NCAA win under your hero...while having an all-time great on the roster these past 4 seasons. So yea, pardon me for getting irrationally frustrated with how he coaches.
Simply put Jamal is not one of the more talented players. He has stretches where he looks very good. He is getting the minutes he deserves.
No sh!t. But Roads said Cheatham played at TWO high majors after leaving Marquette.
Unless he's playing for Nebraska and another school, that's still only one high major.
And here we go. You have a history of equating athleticism with talent, and advocate endlessly for the more athletic player. Simply put Jamal is not one of the more talented players. He has stretches where he looks very good. He is getting the minutes he deserves.
Joey started over Cain and Bailey last year. Bailey is bigger, a better defender, a better ball handler, and more consistent. Jamal had a great second half last night.
Cain is a fun watch because he is so athletic. He really skies to grab rebounds. His faith in his athleticism can be a problem from time to time, like that ill-fated dunk attempt from so far away last night. That was a big miss at an important time. He played very well last night and ignited our comeback.When watching us, there a couple things that usually make me feel like something bad is going to happen. One is on entry passes to Theo when there is a man between him and the basket, another is when Cain puts the ball on the deck. The third is those few times a game when Markus has the ball and is well covered and you just know he has decided that he is shooting this time come hell or high water. Koby does that once or twice a game, too.
Cain makes 1-2 passes into a defenders hands a game. His post entry passes are a clinic on how to do everything incorrectly
I don't disagree with poor post entry technique. However, considering how little our guards share the ball with bigs - don't mind the effort.
So let me get this straight. Our bigs are not gifted offensively. That is why the ball isn't shared with them usually.So you "appreciate the effort" of someone trying to feed our least talented offensive players and doing it badly???
This year, at the 4 and 5, I think Wojo has apportioned moments due to production and foul trouble. I think his feel for it has been pretty good. When one of them is playing well, he rides them. I was thrilled for Cain last night. He was playing well in the second half after playing poorly in the first half and Wojo rode him.
I don't disagree with poor post entry technique. However, considering how little our guards share the ball with bigs - don't mind the effort.Further, this is a pretty simple coaching moment. So, the poor post entry feeds are as much an indictment of coaching as they are Jamal.
Ners is really showing his superior basketball knowledge here.Cain max minutes.Feed our bigs back to the basket post ups.He really does have a superior knowledge to anyone else on this board, and to our coaching staff. He must come up with this stuff while he's in the air with his infinite hang time dunking on people. Must get boring being so high up and having to pass the time it takes to get back to the ground?
Makes alot of really dumb mistakes, makes really poor passes and i dont believe he possesses a great bb IQ, but boy oh boy does he compete. If BB competed like jamal he could be all world. Wojo praised jamal about how hard he played n started the comeback. Said if the starters played that hard they wouldnt have been down 18
I’m with Elon on this one. While I don’t post much at all, the few times I’ve posted these last two years we’re about the mishandling of Cain......I went to bed for the second half of last nights game so I didn’t see it. I think He’s a great player who would be playing even better had his confidence not been rocked last year. I think people see that Wojo would yank him after a TO (I admit some were boneheaded and careless) and agree with Wojos decision. That still amazes me. Tell me that Cain is the only one on this team guilty of it and you’re fooling yourself. The difference is Cain gets yanked. It’s my personal opinion that Wojo has his favorites and those favorites have a longer leash (see Joey and Bailey as examples). I’ll tell you that I personally want Cain in at the end of a tight game especially for his rebounding ability - something that gets easily overlooked.